Five String Banjo · C / Drop C (gCGBD)

Cm(add9)C Minor Added 9th

CRoot

D♯tone

Gtone

Dtone

Formula 1 · ♭3 · 5 · 2 · Notes C · D♯ · G · D

How to play it

Cm(add9) fingering positions

C / Drop C (gCGBD), low E on the left. Each dot is colour-coded by note — the ringed dot is the root. Numbers below show the fret per string (x = muted).

C Minor Added 9th guitar chord — Open (0 0 3 1 x) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

C Minor Added 9th guitar chord — 4th position (0 0 4 0 x) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

C Minor Added 9th guitar chord — 4th position (0 x 4 0 5) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

C Minor Added 9th guitar chord — 4th position (0 0 4 0 5) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

C Minor Added 9th guitar chord — 4th position (0 5 4 0 5) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

C Minor Added 9th guitar chord — 4th position (x 5 4 0 5) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

C Minor Added 9th guitar chord — 4th position (0 7 4 x 5) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

C Minor Added 9th guitar chord — 4th position (0 7 4 0 5) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

Read it as tab

Cm(add9) guitar tab

The same voicings in tablature — high e on top, low E on the bottom. Each fret number is colour-coded by note; the ringed number is the root, × means don’t play that string.

C Minor Added 9th guitar tab — Open (0 0 3 1 x) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

C Minor Added 9th guitar tab — 4th position (0 0 4 0 x) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

C Minor Added 9th guitar tab — 4th position (0 x 4 0 5) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

C Minor Added 9th guitar tab — 4th position (0 0 4 0 5) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

C Minor Added 9th guitar tab — 4th position (0 5 4 0 5) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

C Minor Added 9th guitar tab — 4th position (x 5 4 0 5) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

C Minor Added 9th guitar tab — 4th position (0 7 4 x 5) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

C Minor Added 9th guitar tab — 4th position (0 7 4 0 5) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

Sound

How Cm(add9) sounds

Consonance

4/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

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Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · D♯ · G · D

Formula (scale degrees)1 · ♭3 · 5 · 2

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